Allingham's
(Hitchin,
Herts) -
OSBSausage Review have been searching for a 5 banger mark sausage for quite a while, and here we go, we think we've found one...Thanks to Chris Cooper of Stevenage for the heads up...
Now the OSB,
or Oxford Sandy & Black, that
Allingham's make is a fine looking
sausage in the raw. They quote a
minimum 65% Oxford Sandy & Black
pork meat on these but you can
easily tell they are a really,
really well made item with top
quality meat, probably (I think for
sure) well over the percentage they
advise! Top quality natural
skins are used of course and all
tied beautifully. See the photo
below.
Allingham's shop is right central in
the old town market place and is a
delight incidentally, like going
back slightly in time and a really
nice experience. The butchers
serve you, have a chat with you in that old
style friendly way I remember from
my young years, and then you go to
the cash desk window at the back of
the shop to part with your money!
If you call in, do look out for
plenty of free samples of sausages
on the counter top. Believe me they
are very proud of their sausages,
and they will tell you such without
prompting!
The OSB sausages cooked up
beautifully, with nicely browned
skins, and a medium texture that
gave a good bite, but didn't need a
heavy chew at all. Succulent,
and definitely moreish!
Got to stop a minute, I'm salivating
writing this!
The flavour was what I would
describe as delicate, with a
light spice and a taste that gently
lingered on the tongue. We all
immediately agreed on the scoring
for these I hasten to add. They are
that good as far as we are
concerned!
I had to fight to keep one sausage back to
be eaten cold later...and what can
we say about that...in a
word...wonderful! A right
proper sausage.
Minimum shrinkage and weight loss in
cooking, no splits, or spits.
All in all, absolutely delightful
food! A worthy 5 banger marks
scored!
Don't just take our word for these,
if you get a chance call in and buy
some. Allingham's Old English sausages
are blooming good too!
Allinghams (Hitchin, Herts) - OSB
(Jul
2014)
Here's the
sample details:
120x32mm before cooking, 110x32mm
after.
80g before cooking, 74g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 8% & weight
loss of approx 7%.
6 sausages £4.24
(£8.99/kg)
Allingham
Bros
22 Market Place
Hitchin
Herts
SG5 1DT
